Friday, June 28, 2013

Friday Links: June 28

Hammocks may help people sleep. [link]Good. I'm gonna set mine up in the basement where it's cooler.

15 ways to improve neighborhood unity. [link]Maybe in a yuppie neighborhood. I was already planning a little library in Westport.And I guess I'm hoping to get others to use the plants I'm sticking in some of the empty yards.

Dim lighting improves creativity. [link]I have to assume that the lighting makes you think you're less visible to others and more free to think and act out of the norm. Similar to how the anonymity of the internet makes people bigger jerks.

Map of Tweet metadata shows what neighborhoods have what phones and the socioeconomic implications. [link]

We're leaving $7 billion worth of equipment in Afghanistan to avoid spending $14 billion to ship it back here. [link]Might I suggest that we help someone set up a place to recover scrap metal and leave the stuff with them? Help build an industry, maybe recover some of our money, and make the metal useful to their economy rather than just rusting hulks that we'll be seeing photos of in 20 years.

Really just one picture. Look at what makes the dividing lines. [link]

Game: Daymare Cat - Find and play all the records to get out of the building. [link]